Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1905-1907 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 volume
Scope and content
Autograph book belonging to Arthur Leonard Moss, inscribed June 8 1905; comprises photographs, signatures and messages from students of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science at King's College London.
Photographs are enclosed loosely within the book and comprise four unidentified images, photograph 1: black and white photograph of an unidentified man, wearing climbers' clothing and standing on a hill overlooking a mountain range, [1905-1907]; photograph 2: black and white portrait style photograph of an unidentified woman, wearing glasses and a necklace, stamp on reverse reads 'portrait by Reavy, 40 King Street, Manchester and Chorlton', [1905-1907]; photograph 3: black and white postcard photograph of unidentified young girl, standing by a sundial in a garden, [1905-1907]; photograph 4: black and white postcard photograph of young boy seated on a cushion, [1905-1907].
Handwritten messages within the book, are all dated between 1905-1907 and vary in style but include messages of goodwill from friends, notably one enclosing a dried plant stem intended as a charm; poems; sketches and quotations from famous poets.
System of arrangement
Single volume.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Arthur Leonard Moss was educated at the Faculty of Arts, King's College London, 1904-1906.
Repository
Custodial history
Gifted by John Turner to King's College London College Archives, November 2006
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
- French
- German
- Greek
Script of material
Finding aids
No additional finding aids exist.
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Moss, Arthur, Leonard, fl 1905-1907 (Subject)
- King's College London Faculty of Arts (Subject)
- King's College London Faculty of Science (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.